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Video Game Cheaters Outed By Logic Bombs
Lirodon writes: A Reddit user decided to tackle the issue of cheaters within Valve's multiplayer shooter Counter Strike: Global Offensive in their own unique way: by luring them towards fake "multihacks" that promised a motherlode of cheating tools, but in reality, were actually traps designed to cause the users who installed them to eventually receive bans. The first two were designed as time bombs, which activated functions designed to trigger bans after a specific time of day. The third, which was downloaded over 3,500 times, caused instantaneous bans.
The joy isn't in winning, it's in ruining the game for others and possibly making them quit in frustration. It's the same reason forum trolls exist.
Oh, come now ... people are selfish bastards, and if there are rules, someone is always trying to get around them.
Don't go expecting noble acts from video gamers or the internet just because you seem outraged.
This is really no different than real life ... someone is always trying to bypass the rules and not get caught.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.